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[SOLVED] MiniDLNA (aka ReadyDLNA) not showing WebM files

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[SOLVED] MiniDLNA (aka ReadyDLNA) not showing WebM files

#1 Post by 1byte »

I have been using MiniDLNA (aka ReadyDLNA) for some time
and works great on all devices, but for some strange reason
would not display WebM files.
MKV file work, but no WebM is container based on MKV ...

My WebM files are downloaded from YT to test 4K HDR playback on my 4K phone
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Re: MiniDLNA (aka ReadyDLNA) not showing WebM files

#2 Post by 1byte »

wizard10000 wrote:The DLNA standard does not support WebM. Doesn't support .avi either :(
Well, I do not have any AVI files :)

Is there simple way on how to stream/serve WebM and out of curiosity AVI files?

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Re: MiniDLNA (aka ReadyDLNA) not showing WebM files

#3 Post by 1byte »

wizard10000 wrote:
1byte wrote:Is there simple way on how to stream/serve WebM and out of curiosity AVI files?
You may need a DLNA server that supports transcoding. You can't send webm or avi to a DLNA client so you either have to convert before streaming or transcode on the fly.
I see,
Am I right in thinking that "transcoding on the fly" means loosing quality in case of WebM 4K HDR file?

Do you know of any simple DLNA Server that can transcode on the fly for Stretch 64bit?

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Re: [SOLVED] MiniDLNA (aka ReadyDLNA) not showing WebM files

#4 Post by debiman »

maybe you should be looking at a different media server altogether?
kodi?

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Re: [SOLVED] MiniDLNA (aka ReadyDLNA) not showing WebM files

#5 Post by pylkko »

Use a web server?

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Re: [SOLVED] MiniDLNA (aka ReadyDLNA) not showing WebM files

#6 Post by debiman »

^ wouldn't it be better to eliminate the need for transcoding?
if i'm not mistaken it's an extremly resource-intensive task even on powerful machines.

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Re: [SOLVED] MiniDLNA (aka ReadyDLNA) not showing WebM files

#7 Post by Soapm »

1byte wrote:My WebM files are downloaded from YT to test 4K HDR playback on my 4K phone
What is YT?

How many files do you have with webm extension? If all you have is one or two then the encoding isn't that big a deal.

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Re: [SOLVED] MiniDLNA (aka ReadyDLNA) not showing WebM files

#8 Post by debiman »

wizard10000 wrote:Up until about a year ago I ran minidlna on my late but sorely missed Atom N270 netbook, which made a fine DLNA server.
but it wasn't transcoding on the fly, was it?

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